lizard

lizard

(lĭz′ərd)

n.

Any of numerous squamate reptiles often classified in the suborder Lacertilia, characteristically having a scaly elongated body with a tapering tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and external ear openings.

lizard

[liz′ərd]

Etymology: L, lacerta

a scaly-skinned reptile with a long body and tail and two pairs of legs. The large Gila monster of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah and the beaded lizard of Mexico are the only North American lizards known to be venomous. The symptoms of their bites and the recommended treatment are similar to those of the bites from poisonous snakes, except that antivenin is not available.

lizard

any member of the reptilian order Lacertilia, the majority of which possess a long scaly body and tail, and four obvious limbs.

lizard

member of the suborder Lacertilia. There are about 2500 species of true lizards and allied groups. None of them is poisonous.

This is a connect-the-dots lesson in which the inference of ancestral relationships among the lizards leads to the understanding that the traits shared by the fewest lizards must have evolved the most recently, and the converse.

Most horned lizards from the long-horned lizard clade are considered highly myrmecophagous, having increased cranial morphologies that contrast with species that consume large numbers of non-ant prey (Montanucci, 1989; Meyers et al.

Since 2003, Denbighshire Council's Countryside Services Team have been working with Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Natural Resources Wales, Flintshire County Council, Presthaven Sands, private reptile breeders, Chester Zoo, and a host of volunteers, to manage the habitat and monitor the sand lizards within the dune system.

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